Part of Series
One historic flight! Four funny friends! A missing plane! A howling winter storm, clues on every dune and time is flying away! Four real kids attending the Centennial of Flight celebration in Kitty Hawk find themselves racing through aviation history to find a missing plane-but is it really missing? LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Flight vocabulary • Attempts to fly pre-Wright brothers • What happened on the day of the first flight and why the brothers chose Kill Devil Hills • Orville and Wilbur's beginnings • Sand dune shifting • Hurricanes and Nor'easters • Types of aircraft • Wing warping • Windmills • The plane Flyer • Dare County • Kitty Hawk • Wright Brothers National Memorial, Manteo, NC • Eagle River, AK. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.5 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74557 Lexile Measure: 670 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!
- Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .
- Download the Where Have You Been map .
- Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .
- Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities .
- Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .
Author
Carole Marsh is a children's author and the founder of Gallopade International, a children’s book publishing company headquartered in Peachtree City, GA. Marsh writes mystery fiction in addition to works of non-fiction for children. Initially she self-published under the imprint Gallopade Publishing Group, which she founded in 1979; today Gallopade International is a major small publisher based in Peachtree City, Georgia. In 2007 Marsh received the Georgia Author of the Year award for her contributions to children's literature and to the state of Georgia over the past twenty-seven years.
